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1. Accesses 413
Correspondence
Cesarean delivery on maternal request: Can the ethical problem be solved by the principlist approach? Tore Nilstun, Marwan Habiba, G ran Lingman, Rodolfo Saracci, Monica Da Fr , Marina Cuttini, the EUROBS study group BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :11 (17 June 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
2. Accesses 370
Research article
Clinical research without consent in adults in the emergency setting: a review of patient and public views Jan Lecouturier, Helen Rodgers, Gary A Ford, Tim Rapley, Lynne Stobbart, Stephen J Louw, Madeleine J Murtagh BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :9 (29 April 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
3. Accesses 341
Research article
Is the qualitative research interview an acceptable medium for research with palliative care patients and carers? Marjolein Gysels, Cathy Shipman, Irene J Higginson BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :7 (24 April 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
4. Accesses 339
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Patients' perception and actual practice of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality in general medical outpatient departments of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore Ayesha Humayun, Noor Fatima, Shahid Naqqash, Salwa Hussain, Almas Rasheed, Huma Imtiaz, Sardar Z Imam BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :14 (25 September 2008) [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
5. Accesses 304
Research article
Variations and voids: the regulation of human cloning around the world Shaun D Pattinson, Timothy Caulfield BMC Medical Ethics 2004, 5 :9 (13 December 2004) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
6. Accesses 302
Debate
Top 10 health care ethics challenges facing the public: views of Toronto bioethicists Jonathan M Breslin, Susan K MacRae, Jennifer Bell, Peter A Singer, the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics Clinical Ethics Group BMC Medical Ethics 2005, 6 :5 (26 June 2005) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [1 comment ]
7. Accesses 289
Debate
Human cloning laws, human dignity and the poverty of the policy making dialogue Timothy Caulfield BMC Medical Ethics 2003, 4 :3 (29 July 2003) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
8. Accesses 283
Research article
Understanding and retention of the informed consent process among parents in rural northern Ghana Abraham R Oduro, Raymond A Aborigo, Dickson Amugsi, Francis Anto, Thomas Anyorigiya, Frank Atuguba, Abraham Hodgson, Kwadwo A Koram BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :12 (19 June 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
9. Accesses 248
Debate
What is presumed when we presume consent? Barbara K Pierscionek BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :8 (25 April 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
10. Accesses 242
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The principle of respect for autonomy Concordant with the experience of oncology physicians and molecular biologists in their daily work? Mette Ebbesen, Birthe D Pedersen BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9 :5 (26 March 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]